The Sunniest Moments From Last Night’s ‘It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia’: The Gang Broke Dee

“The Gang Broke Dee” — the It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia Season 9 premiere and inaugural FXX episode — felt apropos for a variety of reasons. It seemingly picked up right where Season 8 left off, with The Gang sh*tting on Dee one too many times. It’s rare for Sunny to not hit the reset button going into a new episode, but for a new season on a new network something about it just felt right.

Then there’s the delayed payoff. “The Gang Broke Dee” feels like a departure and a shot at high concept right until those last seconds when you realize things are still exactly how they should be. I don’t know if it was an intended FXX metaphor but it sure as hell jumps out as one.

Last night was a little light on random and hilarious Gang dialogue for my tastes but the long con and Dennis portion made it entirely worth it. And there’s plenty of that over the next two episodes to compensate (seriously, “The Gang Tries Desperately to Win an Award” is already one of my all-time favorites). Let’s get right to the Sunniest moments…

There’s really no better way than trash cake to open an episode entitled “The Gang Broke Dee.”

I thought the funniest part of the Landslide bit was that it was a parody of the comic Earthquake, even if it was only a parody of the name. I’ve never seen Earthquake’s stand-up but if it’s all diarrhea jokes, I’m sold.

I was thinking throughout most of the episode that this had to been some elaborate ruse. But then I heard Conan announce Dee and I went “huh, maybe this is real, but Sweet Dee will just get on stage and begin dry-heaving and immediately lose everything.”

That little voice cameo was enough to have the surprise as Dee comes through the curtains become a surprise again. And that made it so much funnier.

This was absolutely my reaction. It had some chuckles and small laughs and was amusing but the end took it from a good episode to almost a top 10 instantly. It was probably the second most perfect thing they’ve ever done (Lethal Weapon 5 being the most perfect).